#11 Gentiles: Role in G-d's world - Reb Yoel's insight into Non-Jews - Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

so good day we're learning this will be the fifth sheer and we'll conclude with this year chapter one of Tanya so this is a part number five if you look for it on YouTube it's chapter one well it will be part five and today we learned that inside already yesterday the end of chapter one on page of and today I'm going to I'm going to talk out talk about it a little bit and that's just a very fundamental question I'm not I'm not going to say this is the only answer or the answer but the question that I'm sure you've asked yourself and if you haven't it's time to ask yourself the question when you learn this piece of Tanya where he quotes an AIDS high end that's Kabbalah and he quotes a Gamora another a gamara both saying clearly at least it seems from the the language that there is no good aim for him it doesn't just say ain't but him tell you that when non-jews when Gentiles do something good there is intrinsic value to what they did but rather aimed by himself Clau there is no good whatsoever in their in their action and that's a that's a very very heavy statement again it's not the belitanya's original statement so people throw the darts at the altareba for saying this sorry chap go it's it's the it's the kabola the climb the towel and it's a Gomorrah so if you have a complaint go there send your emails and your and your FedEx letters over there but nevertheless what's the explanation so simply simply as far as shot and Tanya is concerned it's very simple the outlet is making here a comparison between the nephesh have Bahamas of a Jew and the nevershah Bahamas of a non-jew right what is the nephew Bahamas the animating Soul the animating Drive all humans have an animating drive otherwise they're not alive so since every human Jew or non-jew have an animating force that keeps them alive why would there be a difference in basic life of a Jew and a non-jew [Music] this is the issue and it's to this issue that it's it says in Coppola and the altebra besides it here there's a difference of a Jew comes from a place which has both good and bad versus the nephesian Bahamas of a non-jew comes from a place that has no good at all only brah that that's the sequence of what we're learning the altarepa isn't here interested in discussing Gentiles it's a mistake to think that way he's here to show you the virtue of a Jewish nephisha bombs but nevertheless the question still the question and the issue is still an issue okay how do we respond to the Kamikaze fighters who gave their life for their country how do we respond to I said kindness that's done by a a human being anywhere in the world any religion or non-religion and right away we say hey what what he or she did isn't genuine only what a Jew does is genuine I mean that's very seems very egotistic and and very rude Etc so this is a question right so before I attempt to answer the question I was studying Tanya with a friend in Manhattan years ago and we came to this and he asked me this question and I told him I'd get back to it because he was a novice to hasidis and the Torah learning and I felt he needed a strong background much more knowledge to appreciate an attempt of an answer but would you have that you're already learning and deafening and your way on your way as we all are hopefully in the right way so we don't have to wait we can we can tackle it now and basically I heard what I'm going to tell you now I heard this from my machine when I asked him this question myself once and this is what he told me he told me I've yield at times spoke very briefly but in his kitsur there there was everything so he told me my quest the question isn't on the non-jew he said the question is on the Jew he says the Wonder and the Pella isn't how a non-jews Deeds are not a hundred percent genuine and altruistic the question is how a Jew is able to have his deed be genuine and altruistic and I remember walking away from hearing his answer I said boy that that threw me for a loop and then I I read something that he wrote which is available in Hebrew and it it you should read it called noise today there's a whole safer of topics in Judaism he explains the basic topics it's a it's a it's a fundamental work and you could get it it's called and I really encourage you to to read it if you're proficient in Hebrew anyway and over there he explains much more elaborately what he told me what does he explain so I'll say it now now comes my own words what he says is the following I believe he says like this The Human Condition cannot do something that's completely and totally objective and a genderless impossible because the human condition is such that there's always some reason for doing what you do and as soon as there's a reason for what you're doing what you do it's not it's not pure objectivity there's a string attached so therefore when the camera all kindness and righteousness and has it that Gentiles do ain't an Elias only to show off in all to brag That's The Human Condition the gemara is not the Gomorrah is not saying it with the intent and the thought there's something wrong no that is The Human Condition and that's the way of God created The Human Condition the question is how can a Jew rise above that how is it that a Jew is able to do something and transcend The Human Condition that's a hiddish and the question is how and to this the answer is based on a teaching that Hashem talks about this at length and explains it that there's five categories to create to Creation right there's the diamond the inanimate the vegetative the living and the speaking and then it says there's a fifth category you know who the fifth category is yehudim a Jew and one second a Jew look we are a body we're a human there's a fifth category oh what does that mean there's a fifth category that means god almighty in His Infinite Wisdom put part of his infinity and Transcendence into the Jew and that's what we're going to learn in the next chapter by the way we walk around with part of God in us godliness it makes no sense so this is what the this is the explanation that abuel shared with me that that the question is not on the Gentile why what he does can't be a hundred percent genuine the question is how can the Jews action be 100 genuine and you know the answer is it's not humanly possibly it's only jewishly possibly because it's a part of God that's put into the it's the it's God who is objective and no strings attached doing it through your body as a Jew and why he decided that because that's what he decided we're not we're not now addressing the question is it fear is it unfair that's not the issue right now we're asking how young is it is it possible to do something to be oh completely altruistic and genuine and therefore when we hear about a yeet a Jew having self-sacrifice so you might say you know why he has so sacrifice because he made a a decision and he came to a point where he figured this is the way to do it what we're learning in Tanya here and we will learn more next chapter is no that's only his rational part you're right rationally because so rationally yes sir a Jew's decision to do hesit and a non-jew decision to do hasid are the same rationally but at the end of the day what drives that rationale by a Jew it's the mishama it's the nephesh and this answers another issue that we didn't speak about and it's important Dimension especially to those that might have not heard it until now we know in classical Gamora David we have the Yates and the eight Sahara the outer remember uses the word nephesh hey what's wrong with the yatesahariation type if someone asks you but the outer ramp is explaining in chapter one and coming to chapter two about the Netflix show the kids the second Soul The Godly Soul it sounds like it's the age of David the gates of her and that's a mistake it's a it's a bad mistake the NASA bomb is an official accused it's not Yates or her and Yates why because Yates are her and Yates are toyb are already a yateser amida an inclination of good and bad which is already part of The Human Experience the body experience the altarebus is it the altarapa is intervention over here again based on victaul it's not his the original thought it's based on the prime Vitality of resale and all that but the way he puts it together is that it's a nephesh a a Jew has two different drives not just two different consequences or two different um uh Behavior modes it's an entire different person that's why I said there are four categories in creation and then there's a fifth called the Jew the fifth category being a Jew is is different now the heart the heart thing with this issue is um avram is that we look at ourselves and we look at the world around us and we say well he or she and he or she or I you know as as thinkers you need to divest yourself from he or she or I that you won't come to understand something and come to the truth if it's always about he or she we've done he or she for 50 60 years of a life he or she in other words I'm gonna say is and they find something at the bastard that seems inappropriate so we'll say the whole shita of this is no good it's chaotic no it doesn't work that way there is the cheetah the sheet this Ms the sheath is true however happens to be that this person takes it to the right and this person takes it to the left so this whole idea of he or she is is a a crooked way of of understanding ourselves and the world and Theta accept us and everything else so the same thing's over here the fact that you see someone doing has it and it's because they want to have their name in the paper or because they want to get Fame doesn't strip that individual from the necessary kiss that God inserts in that person and that's the driving force in truth behind his action and again if if you say well could you prove that yes you could prove it talks about this in chapters 18 and 19 of Tanya how could you prove it when you come when you're faced with the seriousness nasirus never self-sacrifice for one thing or one thing only not for your country not for your Rabbi not for your rebbe because you're a Jew and if you look through the Ghazal and the gamoras talk about the Messiah snafish of individuals throughout Shas you'll see a common theme and the common theme is God God Hashem anything else that's mixed into the equation isn't the Mercedes sniffers that the balatonya is talking about over here in chapter 18 and 19 which is the proof of the of the pudding in the pudding the proof in the pudding is Messina snafish self-sacrifice this is based on what I heard from how he explained to me once how we we understand that the mother and the Republic the attitude towards and if you if you work with this thought and it and you understand it and then ultimately feel it and work with it your whole attitude towards going will change and I want to tell you something they talk about you know Jews having biased against in particular it's so wrong because if you if if you learn this piece of this piece of Tanya and other pieces of Tanya you have a whole different attitude and it's not because of liberalism not because of liberalism has said the word liberals okay aren't liberals it's because we we understand that each has a real purpose from on high that God puts into the world up for a Jew and an Angel Today and this is a givaldi insight to think about and to to really think about it before you dive in as you're diving and even when you're driving on on on on on the freeway you know does it mean to say you should go hold hands with and go to their parties and that's not what it means but it means value the person because the person has a purpose and what so the purpose of a guy is to do Crescent with with a reason the purpose of a Jew is to do this because it's genuine that's one one that could that I wanted to share that we didn't talk about yesterday I'd like to hear your questions or comments on this if you have any it's so clear it took me it took me 50 60 years to get it and you guys got it in 10 minutes and 15 minutes think is a unique perspective and I never thought about it that way it's not the natural human condition has to do things for your own selfish motive it's not for someone else that's a whole different Spirit right of course without a symptom and giving us the uh the higher higher significant right exactly so in other words the the hinders the novelty is the and is how can a Jew do it that's the question foreign yes yes sir so first let's bring it brief um repeat what you said to me I I don't hear you yes sir I don't hear you so all of a sudden you went soundless don't hear you okay when you're when we'll hear you then we'll we'll we'll we'll have you speak go ahead Jameson please so thank you first of all thank you I meant to talk about that I forgot and you reminded me so the the Middle River I think in his Biore and then the pillow parature in his safer uh they they they say and it's based on I believe they altered up as well that when the outerepe says it excites that Graham don't have any good at all he's not talking about the the the hasidi um the righteous Gentiles who have fulfilled the seven misses when they know they have they they have they come from cuipasnaga but there too I want you to understand the clippersnega of a of a guy that does Shepherd mixes is not the same Clipper snake of a Jew some people make that mistake don't walk away thinking oh well the the Gentile that does the seven bits is the seven universal laws they're they're just as good as a Jew of course it's just as good a Jew but they're different than a Jew remember there are four categories the fourth being the human species The Human Condition and then there is the fifth category which is Yeadon that will never change never ever will change and we see it we see it every day in our lives okay so you're innocent Gentiles who fulfill the seven meters and aware in particular made a big big issue of this both in the 1940s when he and uh Rabbi Mendel wrote a concise for non-jews did you know that they wrote that and recently it was published and then he spoke about a public I think in 1983 or 84 out of fabrangan encouraging Yeadon to share and Inspire non-jews to fulfill the seven universal laws and the rambam the rambam writes that the reason for going for non-jews that they should fulfill the seven universal law is because Maisha was told so on Mount Sinai Almighty not because it makes sense Etc although the seven universal laws are all logical and rational laws have courts you know don't murder Etc does that answer your question means it goes up the flipping now you get off The Voice yes [Music] yes and again since you mentioned you use you're explaining it in terms of Clippers the the the colors Clippers at mayors that it's it's a it's one category of three or three layers three husks right it's a it's completely contaminated stay away far it it has no has no con a Jew shouldn't be connected to it whatsoever clippersnaiga is the translucent Clipper in which there's some darkness and some light so you could kind of you know uh tamper with it and have some Association but to say that it's it's Jewish it's not Jewish a Jew is Ellie cause godliness and it's the godliness that also has that challenges for the purpose of bringing out the best of godliness challenges on the level of where did you ever meet Wilson yes yes because free because there is a level of free will not ultimate free will but there's a level of free will that a guy has too okay but ultimate Free Will Peter Hoffs is only by a Jew but the the idea in other words The Human Condition which is the the non-jews the Gentiles The Human Condition is such that we have challenges I mean you know again just go into you know be born and and and live life and you see you have challenges to a gentile so challenges we know we have and the challenges are there to make you stronger so for the non-jew with this who's obligated and instructed to follow seven universal laws it's in those matters absolutely and that's and that's why they're credited I don't know if that's why but that's also included in the credit that they get that they come from clippersnega of of a guy you understand Clippers already an upgrade like you said before compared to the three shoulders Clippers at the Mayas but so the up the challenge Jameson enhances the upgrade or better said the challenge solidifies the upgrade substantiates the upgrade because validity right David are you following this discussion Rabbi David what about the fact that every human being is created would sell them over Kim right perfect yes that doesn't mean yet you're having a shama that means that there is a an aspect of divinity of Salem OR the Kim to all of humanity I I just the rebber was asked this question and either he he wrote it or he said it orally but that and he said I heard this from I think someone who discussed it with the red but the Rebus said has an association with godliness and also has their own nashama their own soul and it's divine like that was the question is is the soul of a non-jew not divine I think Dr Black told me that a student asked this to the Reba when he brought a group of students in the 60s or 50s or 60s 60s to the Rev I think one of the professors the Chabad professors told me this and the answer was yes oh I remember Dr block said at a piggy show can I remember at a gathering in Crown Heights and December they used to bring college students and his this question was raised by one of the college students and he said no and then the rep there was a discussion with the Reb and the rebel said that's not correct they have divinity you hear that and that's I believe saying it in the words that you does that sell him all the Kim that's their Divinity but that Divinity doesn't equal Jew tell him a little Kim kind of is the is the parent uh figure the umbrella figure for godliness the world was created by God everything in the world it doesn't mean that that identifies the particular type of godliness and that's what we're discussing here in Tanya I want to just finish with one more vert if you go back to page 10. in the Middle where he starts his explanation bringing that up he says Royal it says forever to every single Jew Echo sadik whether it be at Sadiq had Russia whether it be Wicked yesterday he has two Souls right so the devil once said that here is also alluding to the fact that whether you are righteous at Sadiq or whether you are wicked you're a Russia there's the echard within you there is Unity Oneness of God within every single person even though the person is what a even though the person is a Russia Wicked in their behavior they still have an echud a one a god a relationship with the Creator and the altered alludes to it foreign because he could have said again it's it's it it's quoting the the the the primary Tales of starting out the levels he could have said the college Israel whether they are Russia or Sadiq why does he say a second time and again to point out to you that whether your behavior is subject-like righteous and good or whether your behavior is wicked and bad and all of that Russia there's the echot and this is a another very important fundamental teaching that the altaraba plants in the first chapter of Tanya which is magnum opus and because citizens in general how to look at the world how to look at at every Jew for sure and even had a and then he goes on to talk about how to look at a gentile so if anyone if anyone has a uh a positive view of Gentile it was it was the Chabad has over and over and over how he always found the good within every human being and the specialty including non-jews and that's why he spoke so much at the fabrainians about you know this issue and that issue having to do with non-jews and people had a attain a complaint to the red but what do you what do you want to why are you concerning yourself with you don't have enough juice to to work with whether you into pasteurizing you all of a sudden seven misses but they know you have to never got a lot of flack for that you should know then in the 80s now it's like every time Dick and Harry vendell Jones and Company became fans of seven minutes now Vandal Jones might have started there earlier I'm not sure but but the point is that you know the point is now it's popular going to literature places a care of programs and others yeah you know but it you take a look at the at the foundation at the Tanya again it's you know develops it and you see the the 200 years of this how they how they led the hasidim and how they involved the communal activity and how they evolved in government and how they reached out to government and spent a lot of time on it you know it all comes from this fundamental teaching here that we're learning in Tanya have a great day I have another share we'll see you all tomorrow zygism bye bye